Telecommunications providers are among the most visible companies in the US today, likely because essentially everyone has either a landline phone or a cell phone or, more usually, at least one of each. Today…
Even though AT&T’s (NYSE: T) offer to pay $39 billion for the T-Mobile USA unit of Deutsche Telekom (OTC: DTEGY) is being contested in court by the US Department of Justice, DT’s CEO thinks…
Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) does not deserve the money it soon will request from Wall St. The company caused consternation among investors last week when its management said the firm would need more capital to…
In the third quarter of 2011, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shipped about 20 million iPhones, a quarter-over-quarter increase of about 11%. Smartphone shipments from competitors Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Research in Motion Ltd.…
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) had been taking heat this week for what many have called an overpaying or losing money to carry the new iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The tab was…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is surging today after a news report has turned into the rumor mill, and you can guess the rumor: a buyout. The Independent out of the United Kingdom…
The launch of the new iPhone disappointed Wall St. But Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) decision not to significantly upgrade the smartphone is a signal that it believes the first half of 2012 will be the…
The many problems facing Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) are nearly enough to sink the company without any more help. A shrinking subscriber base, an expensive network upgrade, operating losses, and junk-rated debt. The…
NokiaNokia (NYSE: NOK) has let go 7,000 people since CEO Stephen Elop joined the company after a career at Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). He says Nokia will cut another 3,500 jobs. The firm announced it…
The number of smartphone owners who use Research In Motions’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) Blackberry is shrinking as a part of the overall market. But, at least the people who use the devices are rich. That…
The chairman of China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL) has said that the world’s largest mobile carrier, with more than 610 million subscribers, does not have a timetable to begin offering the iPhone from Apple…
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has just delivered on another dividend hike, making this the fifth consecutive year that the telecom giant has boosted its payout. The boost is by $0.0125 to $0.50 per…
Yesterday’s filing by the US Department of Justice in the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T (NYST: T) and T-Mobile may be, in the words of Winston Churchill, just “the end of the beginning.”…
It looks like Uncle Sam has taken a stand on the buyout by AT&T (NYSE: T) of T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY). The biggest winner might be Sprint Nextel…
The rich are getting richer in the mobile handset and mobile platform market. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) now claims 9.5% of the handset market with its iPhone, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) holds 41.8%…